矯角殺牛

きょうかくさつぎゅう

trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process, trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing, The cure is worse than the disease

殺し

ころし

murder, killing, murderer

牛

うし ぎゅう ウシ

beef

見殺し

みごろし

letting (someone) die without helping

主殺し

しゅうごろし しゅころし

murder of one's master

半殺し

はんごろし

half killed

皆殺し

みなごろし

massacre, annihilation, wholesale slaughter

殺し屋

ころしや

professional killer, hit man

親殺し

おやごろし

parricide

生殺し

なまごろし

half-dead

子殺し

こごろし こころし

infanticide

女殺し

おんなごろし

lady-killer (i.e. a man who is popular with women), knocking a woman dead (with sex appeal)

男殺し

おとこごろし

temptress, flirt, minx, coquette, charmer, siren, man-trap

木殺し

きごろし

pounding the edges of planks of wood to join them

父殺し

patricide

弟殺し

おとうとごろし

killing a younger brother, fratricide

犬殺し

いぬころし

dogcatcher, person who used to catch dogs and execute them for rabies prevention

人殺し

ひとごろし

murder, murderer

殺し場

ころしば

murder scene (in kabuki, etc.)